Parent of the Year! Dad Builds Mini Ninja Warrior Course for Daughter

Lylah, an athletic five-year-old girl, is already training to be on competition show American Ninja Warrior. That's thanks in part to Lylah's dad, Gavin MacCall, who has turned their backyard into a mini-Ninja course with stuffed-animal spectators and obstacles including the "Hanging Steps at Christmas Tree Corner" and "The Log Thingies." There's even a small-scale warped wall.

"The day she turned the green chair around and climbed over it was the birth of the first (Ninja Warrior-inspired) course," MacCall tells USA TODAY. He says his daughter spends plenty of time at the playground and climbing on "the parking cement 'thingies,'" as she calls them. Creating new courses for Lylah "is fun for me, too," he says.

Want to help Lylah get more obstacles (and more videos with her dad's ANW-inspired commentary)? You can contribute to the MacCall family's GoFundMe campaign.